_(52129562391).jpg) Lee at the 2022 French Open | |
| Full name | Gabriela Talabă Lee |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Romania |
| Born | 23 August 1995 Galați, Romania[1] |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| College | Texas Tech University |
| Prize money | US$ 385,920 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 252–206 (55.0%) |
| Career titles | 5 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 136 (1 August 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 320 (26 February 2023) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q1 (2021, 2022, 2023) |
| French Open | Q2 (2021) |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2021, 2022) |
| US Open | Q2 (2022) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 153–127 (54.6%) |
| Career titles | 10 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 229 (1 August 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 621 (26 February 2024) |
| Last updated on: 3 March 2024. | |
Gabriela Lee (née Talabă; born 23 August 1995) is a Romanian tennis player.
Talabă has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 136, achieved on 1 August 2022, and a best doubles ranking of 229, set on the same date. She has won five singles and ten doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2020 Lexington Challenger, having received a wildcard into the doubles tournament, partnering Caitlin Whoriskey.[2]
In September 2020, she entered the qualifying round of the French Open, her first Grand Slam tournament ever played. However, she lost her first match against Clara Tauson from Denmark.
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through the 2023 Morocco Open.
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||
| Australian Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 0–0 |
| French Open | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | 0–0 | |
| Wimbledon | NH | Q1 | Q1 | 0–0 | |
| US Open | A | Q1 | Q2 | 0–0 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| WTA 1000 | |||||
| Guadalajara Open | NH | Q1 | 0–0 | ||
| Career statistics | |||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Overall win-loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–5 |
| Legend |
|---|
| W100 tournaments (1–0) |
| W60/75 tournaments (0–1) |
| W25 tournaments (2–2) |
| W10/15 tournaments (2–1) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2014 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | W10 | Clay | Cristina Stancu
|
4–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jul 2016 | ITF Târgu Jiu, Romania | W10 | Clay | Jaqueline Cristian
|
6–7(5), 3–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Aug 2017 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | W15 | Clay |  Victoria Bosio
|
7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–2 | Sep 2018 | ITF Marbella, Spain | W15 | Clay |  Aleksandrina Naydenova
|
6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–2 | Oct 2018 | ITF Charleston Pro, United States | W25 | Clay |  Elizabeth Halbauer
|
6–4, 6–7(5), 6–2 |
| Win | 4–2 | Sep 2019 | ITF Redding, United States | W25 | Hard | Alycia Parks
|
6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Sep 2020 | ITF Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic | W25 | Clay |  Zheng Qinwen
|
6–3, 4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 5–3 | May 2022 | ITF Bonita Springs, United States | W100 | Clay |  Katarzyna Kawa
|
6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Jan 2024 | Vero Beach Open, United States | W75+H | Clay | María Lourdes Carlé
|
4–6, 6–7(4) |
| Legend |
|---|
| W60 tournaments (0–1) |
| W25 tournaments (4–3) |
| W10/15 tournaments (6–4) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2013 | ITF Balș, Romania | W10 | Clay | Oana Georgeta Simion
|
Jaqueline Cristian Raluca Elena Platon
|
6–7(4), 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Dec 2013 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W10 | Clay | Patricia Maria Țig
|
Irina Bara  Conny Perrin
|
3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Feb 2014 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W10 | Clay | Patricia Maria Țig
|
Li Yihong Zhu Lin
|
2–6, ret. |
| Loss | 0–4 | Jul 2014 | ITF Iași, Romania | W10 | Clay | Oana Georgeta Simion
|
Raluca Elena Platon Cristina Stancu
|
6–2, 4–6, [6–10] |
| Win | 1–4 | Jun 2015 | ITF Galați, Romania | W10 | Clay | Oana Georgeta Simion
|
 Daniela Ciobanu Camelia Hristea
|
4–6, 7–5, [10–8] |
| Win | 2–4 | Jul 2016 | ITF Focșani, Romania | W10 | Clay | Oana Georgeta Simion
|
Daniela Ciobanu  Kassandra Davesne
|
5–7, 6–1, [10–6] |
| Win | 3–4 | Aug 2016 | ITF Galați, Romania | W10 | Clay | Oana Georgeta Simion
|
Karola Patricia Bejenaru Georgia Crăciun
|
5–7, 6–4, [10–3] |
| Win | 4–4 | Aug 2017 | ITF Bucharest, Romania | W15 | Clay | Oana Georgeta Simion
|
Elena Bogdan Elena-Teodora Cadar
|
6–3, 0–6, [12–10] |
| Loss | 4–5 | Jun 2018 | ITF Baton Rouge, United States | W25 | Hard |  Astra Sharma
|
Hayley Carter Ena Shibahara
|
3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–5 | Jul 2018 | ITF Horb, Germany | W25 | Hard | Oana Georgeta Simion
|
 Jana Jablonovská Vivien Juhászová
|
6–3, 6–0 |
| Win | 6–5 | Sep 2018 | ITF Marbella, Spain | W15 | Clay |  Claudia Hoste Ferrer
|
Ana Lantigua de la Nuez Ángeles Moreno Barranquero
|
6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–5 | Sep 2018 | ITF Varna, Bulgaria | W15 | Clay |  Aymet Uzcátegui
|
 İpek Öz Melis Sezer
|
3–6, 7–5, [10–5] |
| Loss | 7–6 | Oct 2018 | ITF Charleston Pro, United States | W25 | Clay |  Hsu Chieh-yu
|
Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller
|
4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7–7 | Apr 2019 | ITF Pelham, United States | W25 | Clay | Oana Georgeta Simion
|
Usue Maitane Arconada Caroline Dolehide
|
3–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 8–7 | Aug 2019 | ITF Fort Worth, United States | W25 | Hard | Hsu Chieh-yu
|
Elysia Bolton Jada Hart
|
7–6(8), 7–5 |
| Win | 9–7 | Aug 2019 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | W25 | Clay | Katerina Stewart
|
 Yuliana Lizarazo Camila Osorio
|
6–7(1), 7–6(6), [10–7] |
| Loss | 9–8 | Sep 2019 | ITF Templeton Pro, United States | W60 | Hard |  Marcela Zacarías
|
 Vladica Babić Caitlin Whoriskey
|
4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 10–8 | Nov 2019 | ITF Naples, United States | W25 | Clay | María Portillo Ramírez
|
 Lea Bošković Seone Mendez
|
7–5, 6–2 |
